Transport

Global outlook on walking and cycling 2016

Lack of investment in safe walking and cycling infrastructure is contributing to the deaths of millions of people and overlooking a great opportunity to contribute to the fight against climate change, a new UN Environment report says.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2016
UNEP
Tags:
Walking, Cycles, Non Motorised Vehicles, Public Transport, Pedestrians, India, Global, Urban Transport
Air Pollution

Kochi street turns gala zone on car-free day

KOCHI: The otherwise busy Panampilly Nagar Road became a festival zone on Sunday, which was observed as car-free day on the street.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2016
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Kochi, Air Pollution Control, Car Free Days, Vehicular Pollution, Cycles, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

City cycles its way towards a car-free day for a green future

MANGALURU: This coastal city put its best cycling foot forward when 'Green' minded citizens came out in large numbers for Car Free Day Initiative of Mangalore Bicycle Club (MbC) on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2016
Jaideep Shenoy
Times Of India (Mangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Mangalore, Cycles, Car Free Days, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution, Smart City, Air Pollution Control
Transport

City roads in India unsafe for pedestrians, cyclists': World Health Organisation

BHUBANESWAR: Traffic related fatalities in the country have increased by 4.6 percent in 2015 resulting in the death of over two lakh persons.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2016
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Roads, Pedestrians, Cycles, WHO, Vehicular Safety, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Habitat And Urbanisation

Expand the frontiers of urban sustainability

Manhattan skyscrapers, rather than rustic rural towns, are quickly becoming the picture of sustainable living in the twenty-first century. San Francisco, Copenhagen and Singapore each top their regions in the Green City Index. As sites of innovation and economic dynamism, these places exemplify a blend of density and livability that large, prosperous cities in the 'global south', such as Mumbai in India and São Paulo in Brazil, increasingly emulate.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2016
David Wachsmuth, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Hillary Angelo
Nature
536
391-392
Tags:
Urban Habitat, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Public Transport, Pollution, Walking, Municipal Bodies, Cycles, Poverty, Urban Sanitation, Green Spaces, India, China, Brazil, Asia, Consumption Patterns, N C America, London, New York
Air Pollution

Does Air Pollution Reduce Cycling’s Health Benefits?

Most cyclists have been there: peacefully pedaling one minute and sucking bus exhaust the next. In the moment, all you can do is keep riding and shrug off the blast of smoke.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2016
National Geographic News
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, PM 2.5, Cycles, Vehicular Pollution
Air Pollution

Lawyers, judges ditch cars, ride cycles to court

Ajmer: Wednesday morning was a sight to behold! One could see senior judges pedalling side by side junior magistrates on their bicycles.

Publication Date: 
29/07/2016
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Ajmer (T), Cycles, Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution
Transport

Official government statistics of road traffic deaths in India under-represent pedestrians and motorised two wheeler riders

Reliable data on traffic deaths are important for planning road safety programmes and evaluating progress. Although pedestrians comprise approximately 40% of traffic deaths in low-income and middle-income countries, official government statistics in India suggest that pedestrians comprise less than 10% of deaths.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
25/07/2016
Kavi Bhalla, Nidhi Khurana, Dipan Bose & et al
Injury Prevention
1-8
Tags:
Traffic Accidents, India, Statistics, Pedestrians, Two Wheelers, Belgaum (D), Karnataka, Cycles
Air Pollution

Now, Ajmer lawyers & judges will cycle to work once a week

Ajmer: Judges and advocates of district and sessions courts in Ajmer have promised to do their bit to save the environment.

Publication Date: 
25/07/2016
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Ajmer (T), Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Cycles, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

GEC to get bicycles to reduce pollution

Ponda: Goa Engineering College at Farmagudi is set to go green as the alumni of the 1988-92 batch have proposed to donate 25 bicycles to the institute, as the GEC celebrates its Golden Jubilee year

Publication Date: 
18/07/2016
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Cycles, Cars, Vehicular Pollution

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